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Read the article Service, selflessness, and humility: Lessons from the 41st president .

Jun 6, 2025

Service, selflessness, and humility: Lessons from the 41st president

“Any definition of a successful life includes service to others.” -President George H.W. Bush
Read the article States Can Help End the U.S. Housing Crisis Through Smart Policies.

Jun 10, 2025

States Can Help End the U.S. Housing Crisis Through Smart Policies
Read the article Celebrating 22 years of the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief .

May 27, 2025

Celebrating 22 years of the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief
Read the article Technology can provide a mental health lifeline for the military community .

Technology can provide a mental health lifeline for the military community
Read the article Data Driven — Dr. Susan Urahn, President and CEO of Pew Charitable Trusts.

Data Driven — Dr. Susan Urahn, President and CEO of Pew Charitable Trusts

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Read the article Dallas Morning News: Are Texas students prepared for life after high school?.

Apr 10, 2023

Dallas Morning News: Are Texas students prepared for life after high school?

By: Anne Wicks

Anne Wicks, Ann Kimball Johnson Director, Education and Opportunity, George W. Bush Institute, explains how economic success depends on home-grown workers.

Read the article How Can Districts Retain Principals? A 5-Year Project Offers Clues.

Jan 11, 2023

How Can Districts Retain Principals? A 5-Year Project Offers Clues

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Featuring Anne Wicks, Eva Chiang

Read the article Education Project Results in Resources for School Leadership to Recruit, Support, and Retain Principals.

Dec 21, 2022

Education Project Results in Resources for School Leadership to Recruit, Support, and Retain Principals

Read the article Strong Principal Talent Management Increases Principal Retention.

Dec 14, 2022

Strong Principal Talent Management Increases Principal Retention

By: Eva Chiang, Anne Wicks

Findings from five years of working with the School Leadership District Cohort

Read the article Achieving Success <em>in</em> Rural Schools.

Nov 29, 2022

Achieving Success in Rural Schools

Urban and suburban school districts garner most of America’s attention. Still, nearly 10 million students are enrolled in the nation’s rural schools. Their districts are building partnerships with colleges, developing curricula that address their students’ needs, and, importantly, opening students up to unforeseen possibilities.

Read the article Principal Supervision as a Strategy for Supporting and Retaining School Leaders.

Nov 14, 2022

Principal Supervision as a Strategy for Supporting and Retaining School Leaders

By: Gina Ikemoto

This case study describes how Granite School District used one strategy – transforming the principal supervisor role – to both improve principal skills and deepen these leaders’ commitment to staying in their roles.

Read the article Dallas Morning News: Why would a new superintendent want to lead your school district?.

Mar 14, 2022

Dallas Morning News: Why would a new superintendent want to lead your school district?

By: Ioanna Papas

School districts across the Nation are experiencing a mass exit of superintendents. What questions should these school boards be asking and what should they be looking for?

Read the article Why would a new superintendent want to lead your school district?.